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W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
Luma Farms Growers

Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California. Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms. Their unique process develops organically grown, regenerative and sustainable practices that use living soil, cover crops and organisms. It is a fascinating method, and you can hear how its done.

Luma in California is a full sun cannabis farm focused on harvesting top quality resin on its distinctive Sonoma County terroir, on adobe soil in the PetaLUMA Gap.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events

Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company.   They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space.  In so doing, they bring thousands of people from the industry together by providing Up-Fronts for Brand Salespeople and Retail Buyers, hosting Executive Golf Tournaments, Budtender Events, Education, Conventions, Industry Reports, and more.  This is an interacting world of connections!

New York Gubernatorial Candidate on Legalization
LARRY SHARPE

Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!

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Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!
LarrySharpe.com/

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..:: Special 4/20 Anniversary Issue ::..
Listen in as we celebrate the growers, business owners, legislative proposals and more, as well as all the people whose businesses and livelihoods are making a difference in the world of cannabis.

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Luma Farms Growers

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Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California. Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms. Their unique process develops organically grown, regenerative and sustainable practices that use living soil, cover crops and organisms. It is a fascinating method, and you can hear how its done.
LumaCalifornia.com
Listen to “Luma Farms Growers of California” on Spreaker.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events

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Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company.   They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space.  In so doing, they bring thousands of people from the industry together by providing Up-Fronts for Brand Salespeople and Retail Buyers, hosting Executive Golf Tournaments, Budtender Events, Education, Conventions, Industry Reports, and more.  This is an interacting world of connections!
Lemonhaze.com
Listen to “Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events” on Spreaker.

New York Gubernatorial Candidate on Legalization

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Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!
LarrySharpe.com/
Listen to “Larry Sharpe NY Gubernatorial Candidate on: How to Manage Legalization” on Spreaker.

..:: Also See ::..
The Men Who invented the term: ‘420’

Dave Reddix & Steve Capper are the Bay Area guys wound up starting the phrase ‘420’ which became a widely recognized term for marijuana.

w420radionetwork.com/rich-walcoff-w-dave-reddix-steve-capper-the-w420-guys/ »

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W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
How Pot Got Legal

Wayne Justmann, sometimes called “the Godfather of Legal Weed,” he will forever be known as Patient #1 in the California medical marijuana program.  This pioneer in the cannabis legalization movement tell us that “All use of cannabis is medical.”  Wayne worked on the words of Proposition 215 in the years leading up to legalization in 1996.  This held that a patient, with a doctor’s recommendation or approval, could possess or cultivate cannabis for their illnesses and health related issues.   If you’re living in one of the 36 states which has legal marijuana, or one of the 16 states that permits growing and adult use for any reason, you may owe some debt of gratitude to Mr. Justmann.  He received the very first legal marijuana use card in the United States.  Hear the story of this pioneer trek toward legalization and the obstacles they faced.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Curated Cannabis to Your Door

Eliza Maroney joins us from Lucky Box Club, a family-owned and operated business with fine cannabis products. This is a company that rose to become California’s number one cannabis subscription box company, online dispensary service. They offer a cannabis club and weed box with luxury, curated cannabis products. These include curated boxes filled with vapes, edibles or flowers. Their order and delivery services make obtaining fine cannabis easy.
LuckyBoxClub.com

Verdant Oasis on the Importance of Hemp Oil

Carl Germano, CNS, CDN is Vice-President and Chief Business Development Officer at Verdant Oasis, which produces high quality phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oil products. Mr. Germano is a NY Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist who provides product and business concepts, development and commercialization, reformulations and line extensions, assistance with research and claims, and marketing support for clients of Verdant Oasis. Verdant Oasis is a unique company that works with ancestral hemp genetics and geographically strategic European artisanal farms in their proprietary solvent-free extraction that produces Panoramic Entourage IP Hemp Oil. This is a vertically integrated grower and manufacturer of the highest quality phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oils and specialized dietary ingredients. They have unique end-to-end control of the entire process, which includes specialized plant genotypes, refined agricultural & farming practices, proprietary extraction methodology, and advanced post-extraction techniques. Verdant Oasis products are made in FSMA-registered facilities and operated under strict HACCP & GMP controls.
Carl Germano authored the book ‘Road to Ananda: Simple Guild to the Endocannabinoid System, Hemp Phytocannabinoids / CBD and Your Health.’  He created this work to get the word out about the benefits of hemp products and why it is important that we come out the ‘dark ages’ of learning.
VerdantOasis.com

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Repeal Rally Day in Delaware, December 4, 2021

Zoë Patchell is the Executive Director and co-Founder of the Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network.  They were actively involved organizing the:
Repeal Rally Day of December 4, 2021.  This is a presentation of the Delaware Cannabis Policy Coalition who continues the annual legacy of these events.  The 2021 rallies were organized for Wilmington and Rehoboth Delaware.  These events are to rally support to influence Delaware legislators to legalize adult use of cannabis, has has been done in many other states.

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Marijuana Business Conference and Cannabis Expo in Las Vegas
W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Minorities for Medical Marijuana

Kit Grimes from The Edible Incredible joins Rich Walcoff on the floor of the 10th Anniversary MJ Biz Conference in Las Vegas.  She is also the Chief Strategy Officer for Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM).
The Edible Incredible offers culinary art a twist with its line of delicious edible products. These include; cupcakes, thirst quenchers, savory cheeses, infused popcorn, nacho chips. and more.
Minorities for Medical Marijuana, Inc. (M4MM) is organized as a non profit organization with its corporate office based in Orlando Florida. It was established to focus on on providing advocacy, outreach, research, and training as it relates to the business, social reform, public policy, and health /wellness in the cannabis industry.   Find out its nationwide chapters and programs and how you can get involved!
TheEdibleIncredible.com/ Minorities4MedicalMarijuana.org/

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
The Kush Queen

Olivia Alexander In less than three years, Olivia Alexander has grown Kush Queen into a multi-million dollar, multifaceted brand carrying only the finest in both CBD-only, and THC-infused products. The Kush Queen product line includes award-winning bath bombs, pain relief lotions, edibles, wellness supplements, and skincare. Since working in her first dispensary in 2006, Oliva has worked with countless cannabis companies in social media, creative direction, and digital strategy. Olivia has a knack for being able to develop, connect and relate the right cannabis products to the right communities. Alexander was one of the largest digital influencers in cannabis with over 2.5 million followers and an average of 100 million monthly impressions. Kush Queen Cannabis was born out of The Crystal Cult and @TheKushQueens online community celebrating women who love cannabis.
KushQueen.shop

Repeal Rally Day in Delaware

Zoë Patchell is the Executive Director and co-Founder of the Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network.  They were actively involved organizing the:
Repeal Rally Day of December 4, 2021.  This is a presentation of the Delaware Cannabis Policy Coalition who continues the annual legacy of these events.  The 2021 rallies were organized for Wilmington and Rehoboth Delaware.  These events are to rally support to influence Delaware legislators to legalize adult use of cannabis, has has been done in many other states.

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COMING UP – THIS SATURDAY  October 9, 2021
SEASON 3 • EPISODE 26

● The Honorable Willie Brown – former Mayor of San Francisco
● Erin Gore – CEO of Garden Society
● BigMike Straumietis – the ‘GodFather of Cannabis’ is an iconic pioneer, and founder in the cannabis-growing industry.
● Special guest clips

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BigMike on the Cannabis Industry

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
National Changes for Cannabis,
with Former Mayor Willie Brown

NEW!
WOMEN IN CANNABIS
with W420 Radio Correspondent Chase Roberts
Erin Gore – Founder and CEO, Garden Society

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BigMike on the Cannabis Industry

BigMike Straumietis  is pioneer and founder in the cannabis-growing industry who used his combined experience in business, marketing, horticulture, and engineering.  His company, Advanced Nutrients, revolutionized the industry by offering highly developed fertilizer made specifically for marijuana.  This made Advanced Nutrients one of the most popular nutrient brands in the marketplace.  BigMike became widely known as the source that teaches growers about hydroponic gardening.  He offers an array of successfully marketed growing products, he also teaches growers in gardening techniques.  His leading company, Advanced Nutrients, is premiering a line of products this quarter called, ‘BigMike’s Blend.’ This line includes pre-rolls, concentrates and vape pens, all developed with state of the art technology.  Now we have legalization, decriminalization and the need for relief from COVID sequestering.  BigMike lends his expertise on what he has seen in the industry, where is, and where he sees it going in the next 20 years and beyond.
AdvancedNutrients.com   Instagram.com/bigmike

W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
National Changes for Cannabis, with Former Mayor Willie Brown

Willie Brown is the former Mayor of San Francisco and one of the leading Democratic figures for more than a generation.  He is also the former president of Harborside, the first and largest marijuana dispensary in California.  Mr. Brown has a deep understanding of California and its business, and he tells us about some of the challenges facing the cannabis industry.  California did legalize medical marijuana, and not long ago, it legalized recreational marijuana.  But California, like many other states, realizes the limitations that come in the absence of federal legalization.  This means no national change in how you manage the resources, the banking, the payment systems and more, when you enter the legal system.  As a result of that, you don’t have the normal kind of acquisition and opportunity with regular, ongoing businesses, like those who sell tobacco products.  This forces an all-cash business in many cases.  Added to this are high taxes and restrictive access to the product which makes it more challenging for the growers and the distributers to do it the right way.  All of this encourages the black market which undermines the state-legitimizes businesses.  That’s because black market entrepreneurs are not subject to the same regulations, costly guidelines and taxation.  But because of the opportunities that abound, many businesses have found profitable avenues for their endeavors as they keep the industry growing.  Hear insights from a man who is closely connected to the ever changing world of cannabis.

Women in Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Erin Gore – Founder and CEO, Garden Society

Erin Gore is founder and CEO of Garden Society, a California-based, cannabis-focused benefit corporation serving women in search of new, more holistic ways to rejuvenate from the rigors of their daily lives. Garden Society offers high quality, low dose artisanal confections and sun-grown pre-rolls that connect biodynamic farming, sustainable ingredients and strain-specific cannabis.

Erin is an active member of the Northern California cannabis community, and frequently speaks on the topics of cannabis and entrepreneurship. She’s a fearless advocate for women-owned cannabis businesses, and equally dedicated to breaking the stigma and rewriting the script around the plant. With a degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Erin is also fluent in the science-based language of cannabis and production.

Prior to Garden Society, Erin worked with her husband Tom on their joint venture with Constellation Brands on Tom Gore Vineyards, an award-winning farmer’s wine, and previously had a decade-long corporate career at Henkel, where she managed a global adhesive business valued at nearly $100 million.

Currently, she serves on the Board of the Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County as well as the Healdsburg District Hospital Board of Directors, and International Cannabis Farmers Association. She is a member of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance and belongs to the Circular Board, a collaborative accelerator for women entrepreneurs.

TheGardenSociety.com | Erin Gore on LinkedIn

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Federal Cannabis Bill?

John Kagia is the Chief Knowledge Officer of New Frontier Data, which is the authority in cannabis market data analysis.  Just a analytical data can give detailed insights into the cannabis industry, it can give you an overview of where the industry is going.  Schumer/Booker bill to end prohibition on cannabis!  The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would create a federal tax on state-legal marijuana products.  It would also create a federal tax on state-legal marijuana products, and, create a Cannabis Justice Office operating under the Justice Department.  John weighed in on the bill proposed in the Senate and gave a detailed perspective of what it means, and how he perceives its likelihood of passage.
NewFrontierData.com

Gerry Robertson
Co-Founder of the band Journey, and the Co-Founder of Guild Extracts and CaliLabs

Gerry Robertson is a hard working, hands-on, jovial, globalista and renaissance man who, in the cannabis/hemp community, is the Co-Founder of both Guild Extracts and CaliLabs (along with his son Brad Robertson). A California Bay Area native, Gerry is all of these things – World Traveler, Entrepreneur, Musician, Rock Roadie, Film and Music Producer, Author, Actor, Sailor, Captain, and Boat Builder.  In 1971, Gerry co-founded the band Journey along with Neal Schon, Ross Valory, Gregg Rolie, George Tickner, and Prairie Prince.  His real life adventures have taken him throughout the world to places like The Panama Canal, Martinique, The Caribbean, Costa Rica, etc. and to have rich cannabis experiences and life adventures smoking the peace pipe (and hash) with the Afghani people in Afghanistan and also whisking his friend Carlos Santana off the stage in Puerto Rico in a dicey, unruly crowd situation. His forthcoming (2022) book is nearing completion: “From Santana to Journey: A Trip with the bands” and he hosts 420-friendly parties, events and groups aboard his 90-foot luxury yacht, The Empress.
Guild Extracts produces award-winning cannabis concentrates including THCA Crystalline, high-terpene extracts (HTE), oil cartridges, shatter, and sauce ( www.guildextracts.com ).
Cali Labs was founded as a medical plant tissue culture company on the forefront of cannabis cultivation and extraction processes. Instagram: IG: @guild_extracts ( www.instagram.com/guild_extracts_/feed/ )

Save the Brave
Raising Awareness for Vets

Major Scott Huesing USMC (Ret.) joins us again and tells us about his journey across the country.  He has driven his Harley Davidson across the country again this year for Save the Brave, raising awareness for Veteran Suicide.  He also the author of Echo in Ramadi.   Riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle across the country (3,000 mi) again this year for Save the Brave (STB) is to raise awareness for Veteran Suicide. Huesing serves as Executive Director for Save the Brave.  Along the way, Huesing will makes several stops to ask supporters to donate to STB and ride along with him on his journey to raise awareness for veteran suicide – emphasizing that these are not statistics anymore, they are friends and sons and brothers that we all know. He’ll be joined by fellow veterans and riders from every state he passes through amid the heat of Summer. Their goal – $50,000.00.
SaveTheBrave.com

Easing Pot Conviction Impact

Debra Furr-Holden, PhD is a professor at Michigan State University, a C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health Associate Dean for Public Health Integration, and, Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions. She is also an epidemiologist and classically trained public health professional with expertise in health disparities and health equity, drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science.  She tells us about her new initiative in Michigan to help those who have been impacted by marijuana laws.  Felony convictions leave a stigma that may take job opportunities and positions away for life.  Many financial benefits that one may have had become cut off.  Now that marijuana is not such a crime, how do people were convicted find a way to ease these burdens?
DebraFurrHolden.com

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Save the Brave
Raising Awareness for Vets

Major Scott Huesing USMC (Ret.) has driven his Harley Davidson across the country again this year for Save the Brave, raising awareness for Veteran Suicide.  He also the author of Echo in Ramadi.   Now he is riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle across the country (3,000 mi) again this year for Save the Brave (STB) to raise awareness for Veteran Suicide. Huesing serves as Executive Director for Save the Brave.  Along the way, Huesing will make several stops to ask supporters to donate to STB and ride along with him on his journey to raise awareness for veteran suicide – emphasizing that these are not statistics anymore, they are friends and sons and brothers that we all know. He’ll be joined by fellow veterans and riders from every state he passes through amid the heat of Summer. Their goal – $50,000.00.   Your host, Dan Perkins catches up with the Major along the way as he weighs in from the road!
SaveTheBrave.com

Market Analysis

John Kagia joins us from New Frontier Data, a leading research organization, as we continue our Discovery, Engage & Compete series into the world of cannabis.  What can intelligence and analysis do in the cannabis market.  Mr. Kagia tells us how product development is changing in the cannabis market.  Reasearch shows that consumers are not just interested in raw materials, such as cannabis flour, for making marijuana-based baking and such.Now, more buyers are interested in finished, premade goods, so they don’t have to do the work.  Dispensaries are changing the product placement in their show rooms to put raw materials and the back, and new finish goods out in front.  This demand is expanding the product base lines and marketing approaches.  So, it seems, it is time to expand thinking in the marketplace.
NewFrontierData.com

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
DJ Igor Beatz

DJ Igor Beatz is a long-standing DJ at BayLifeRadio.  IGOR’s mission is to bring people together through music. Igor is all about the cannabis higher life lifestyle that we like to discuss on this program. A product of Berkeley High, (he has lived in SF, Oakland, and all over the Bay Area), IGOR holds the record for staging and hosting the longest running showcase in California over 500 consecutive Tuesdays, and he once put 34 artists on stage in one night. Most rappers in the Bay Area have at some point been in studio or on stage with DJ Igor Beatz. Igor remains very relevant by working with rappers like Mr. Fab, Philthy Rich, and many rising Bay Area rappers and musicians as he strives to spotlight great upcoming talent (mostly from the Bay Area and SoCal) while paying homage to music pioneers like Snoop Dogg. With over 4,000 Instagram followers, Igor has recently begun work on a documentary film on the Oaktown Sound (about “beat mixers, rappers, chickenhawks, gatekeepers, young bucks, and old schoolers” – street cred lingo), and he discusses different strains of weed, Oakland and The East Bay, his new product, Uncle Igor’s Mud Water (made in Oakland, hand-brewed, Cannabis-flavored Tea), Tiny Stage Concerts, Baylife Entertainment, and the overall 420 Lifestyle of WEED on the daily, the medicine it provides, and the creative process where cannabis helps in collaboration.
Instagram:  @djigorbeatz – https://www.instagram.com/djigorbeatz/?hl=en    Twitter:  @djigorbeatz – https://twitter.com/djigorbeatz?lang=en
Website: Twitch.tv/bayliferadio

Pandemic Patterns

Charles Butler ​is a talk show host, based in Chicago, in the third largest market in America. His podcast program, ‘The Reality Check with Charles Butler’, addresses cultural issues and current topics of interest.  Now that the pandemic has spread around the world, we are seeing patterns in how is spread across the nation.  Consequently, cultural differences have apparently played a role in the susceptibility to this contagion.  African American communities tend to have a more social closeness in communal gatherings which are often more intimate than many European American activities.  Unfortunately, closeness in family gatherings and social affairs hastens the spread of the disease.  Statistics show that Africans Americans have be hard hit by the pandemic because of this and other reasons.  We focus on these issues as all Americans must continue to modify habits and not get over confident.
TheRealityCheckCharlesButler.com

The Problems of Legalization

Andrew Kline is the Director of Public Policy for the National Cannabis Industry Association.  Burgeoning freedom for cannabis created confusion in legal states over regulating, who is going to regulate and how to handle licensing.  At the same time, other new problems developed as the illegal marketing of cannabis continued even after legal sales were open.  Those who market illegally do not have to comply with to the same production standards and rules as the legal producers.  Neither do they have to pay for the licensing and the taxes imposed on the legal trade.  These issues and more are examined in this conversation now that the industry is forced address in them in afterthought because they were not considered before they arose.  While the cannabis market can follow some traditional business models, it has challenges that are found in no other industry.
TheCannabisIndustry.org

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